Mouldings & Finishes

15 x 32mm flat Tulipwood chevrons painted in Farrow & Ball colours. The bottom one is a 10 x 32mm Tray Frame sample painted using white 'buttermilk' emulsion. 

​Tulip, Obeche and Pine are excellent for staining or painting. For painted frames we use the range by Farrow & Ball plus an earth pigment paint which has a gesso like surface called 'buttermilk' paint - great for white frames. Maple, Tulipwood and Ash also benefit from a white stain and then finishing with Lime wax. 

We do not do spray paint finishes. Sprayed wood frames, as opposed to welded metal, have a tendency over time to crack along the mitre joint and can only be repaired by re-spraying. This is costly and time consuming,  in contrast cracks and scuffs are easy to repair with hand painted frames.


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Cherry, Oak, Maple and Steamed Beech chevrons with splines. The dark splines are Wenge, the Oak has a Cherrywood spline.

Wenge Frame with Maple splines

We specialise in natural wood moulding and carry profiles in Oak, Ash, Cherry, Tulip, Beech, Walnut, Wenge, Sapele, Obeche, Maple and Pine in a range of profiles. The addition of a wood spline in the corner strengthens the join and adds a nice decorative touch. Some moulding can be customised, we do this mainly for tray frames. 

We also carry a select range of pre-finished moulding, this example is a 14 x 13mm in matt black. This is perfect for those who do not require a hand finished frame.
The frames shown here are for Sloane Brothers Frozen Yoghurt, 214 Brick Lane, London E1.

Another example of a pre-finished moulding. 
These two Indian miniatures, painted on postcards, have been floated inside a double window mount then framed in an attractive antique effect silver moulding. ​